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kebabs
09-12-2008, 11:02 PM
Sorry if there are other threads but I've searched and can't find any (too tired). Anyway...

After being on the Windows side of things I decided to try Ubuntu. But I'm having problems installing it.

My problem is that I want to put Ubuntu on a partition from my main RAID0 setup. I don't know how to do this in GParted. It picks up both Hard Drives not in their RAID0 format. So obviously I don't want to partition one of the HDD's otherwise it will screw up all my stuff. But yeah it's picking up the 2 HDD's saying they are unallocated and then there is this other one which is apparently 0.00B and is called the ATA Config Disc.
So what do I do guys? Sorry for being noob but first timer at Linux.

PS. Sorry if this is messy and you don't get the question i'm asking, i'm tired =[.

spud107
09-12-2008, 11:12 PM
dont bother with raid just stick it on a single hd for less headaches.

kebabs
09-12-2008, 11:13 PM
I've already got it setup in RAID0 and been running Vista on it :P

spud107
09-12-2008, 11:21 PM
when i was looking at installing ubuntu/linux i found that installing to a single hd is the way to go,
vista works fine with raid, ubuntu has issues,

xfire
09-13-2008, 04:35 AM
It seems to be unstable on RAID check here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=386923

kebabs
09-13-2008, 08:39 AM
Well is there any other version of Linux that is stable on RAID?

Wile E
09-13-2008, 08:51 AM
Fedora 9 worked perfectly on my RAID0 array on my Intel ICH9R. Fedora is also quite noob friendly. It's my preferred distro. Give it a shot.

kebabs
09-13-2008, 08:57 AM
Fedora 9 worked perfectly on my RAID0 array on my Intel ICH9R. Fedora is also quite noob friendly. It's my preferred distro. Give it a shot.

Quite a difference in size I see!

From < 700MB's to 3.9GB's :P

Well I'll download and give it a shot :) Thanks

Wile E
09-13-2008, 09:52 AM
Quite a difference in size I see!

From < 700MB's to 3.9GB's :P

Well I'll download and give it a shot :) Thanks

That's because Fedora includes KDE, Gnome and XFCE all on the disk, as well as a lot more packages/options in general.